Atviros João Ribeiro Mendes paskaitos skirtos antropocenui
Schedule
Tue May 21 2024 at 01:00 pm to 02:30 pm
Location
Universiteto g. 9, 01513 Vilnius, Lithuania | Vilnius, VL
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Į VU FsF Filosofijos institutą atvyksta svečias iš Universidade do Minho - João Ribeiro Mendes.Svečias visiems besidomintiems skaitys tris atviras paskaitas skirtas antropocenui!
Pasižymėtike kalendoriuje:
???? ?? ?? (antradienis) 13 val. paskaita "What is this thing called the Anthropocene?" 209 aud. Filosofijos fakultetas (Universiteto g. 9)
???? ?? ?? (antradienis) 15 val. paskaita "The human condition in the Anthropocene". 209 aud. Filosofijos fakultetas (Universiteto g. 9)
“Terpių seminare”
???? ?? ?? (ketvirtadienis) 18 val. paskaita „The (un)sustainability of the anthropocenic technosphere”. Medūza - LDS šiuolaikinės kultūros ir meno erdvė, Šv. Jono g. 11.
Apie paskaitas:
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Since its inception in 2000, the Anthropocene concept has garnered an exponentially increasing number of publications. Nevertheless, after more than two decades, its meaning remains relatively open and subject to further elaboration. In my presentation, I will endeavor to trace the historical trajectory of this notion, illustrating that during the initial decade of the 21st century, it predominantly circulated and was developed within the realm of Geosciences. Subsequently, it underwent exploration and semantic enrichment within the domains of Social Sciences and Humanities. The aim is to demonstrate how it evolved into a synthesis concept and a clarion call, the impact of which on 21st-century planetary discourse is becoming increasingly apparent.
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This presentation delves into the multifaceted nature of the human condition against the backdrop of the Anthropocene epoch. It is divided into two main sections for thorough exploration. Firstly, the focus is on clarifying the concept of the "human condition," aiming to bring clarity to its intricate and varied aspects. Subsequently, the presentation delves into a detailed examination of how the human condition has evolved in the Anthropocene era, marked by significant ecological, technological, and socio-cultural shifts. Through a careful examination of these dimensions, the presentation aims to provide insights into the complex interplay between humanity and its environment, illuminating both the challenges and opportunities that characterize contemporary existence.
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In the current decade, a broad consensus has emerged that we live in an unprecedented geocivilizational era, characterized by our species having acquired unprecedented power to modify the Earth System at all scales, including the global. This power can only be exercised through a Technosphere, a mesh of interconnected technologies launched onto the Earth System designed to extract and transform the resources of its natural spheres (raw materials and energies) in order to support the subsistence of the current 8 billion human beings that inhabit it. I have argued elsewhere (Mendes, 2021; 2023) that the Anthropocene and the Technosphere are coeval, co-dependent, and co-evolving, meaning that their future is inseparable, in the sense that one will only persist as long as the other endures. I have also argued in those places that the Anthropocene is not an unintended consequence, but rather a hypertelic effect of Modernity as a project. This hypertelia manifests as a decrease in sustainability and habitability conditions, concomitant with an increase in catastrophic and existential risks. The anthropocenic Technosphere currently faces two crucial problems – perhaps intractable problems (wicked problems) – determinants of its survival, which is to say of our civilizational and/or existential subsistence: a sustainability problem and a habitability problem. These are the issues I aim to critically address in my presentation.
(References: Mendes, J. (2023). Are We Risking Too Much the Sustainability of the Anthropocene Technosphere? In R. St’ahel & E. Dědečková, eds., Current Challenges of Environmental Philosophy (143-172). Leiden & Boston: Brill; Mendes, J. (2021). Does the Sustainability of the Anthropocene Technosphere Imply an Existential Risk for Our Species? Thinking with Peter Haff. Soc. Sci., 10, 314.)
Apie lektorių:
João Ribeiro Mendes currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minho, and as an Integrated Researcher at CEGOT-Center of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Coimbra. Additionally, he holds the position of president at the Institute for Anthropocene Studies, having been selected by the European Commission to participate in the Mission for Climate Change Adaptation network. His teaching and research endeavors are primarily centered on the Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Technology, and Anthropocene Studies. He is the author of a book on Ian Hacking's Experimental Realism (2015), co-editor of two books on Philosophy of Technology (2018, 2019), and co-editor of three works on Anthropocene Studies (2019, 2022). He has contributed numerous articles, critical reviews, and book chapters, and serves as a co-editor for Anthropocenica: Journal of Anthropocene Studies and Ecocriticism.
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Where is it happening?
Universiteto g. 9, 01513 Vilnius, Lithuania, Universiteto gatvė 9, LT-01131 Vilnius, Lietuva,Vilnius, LithuaniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
